• Affordable live-work housing for artists

    Pullman Artspace Lofts in Chicago, Illinois, provide affordable housing in live-work spaces for artists in an underserved community. Stantec Architecture Inc. won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Block, Street, and Building category.
    Note: CNU and Public Square are closed the week of June 5, following a successful CNU 31 in Charlotte. When neighborhoods revitalize, full-time artists are often squeezed out by skyrocketing rents. The goal of Pullman Artspace Lofts in the historic Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side of...Read more

  • A civic monument to the enslaved

    Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is a civic tribute to slaves who laid the foundations of one of America’s oldest colleges. Baskervill won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Block, Street, and Building category.
    A dynamic, compelling civic monument that recognizes past harms, Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is imbued with deep meaning. The memorial evokes a brick fireplace, a symbol of both community and the center of domestic enslavement, on an important...Read more

  • New Urbanism and its influences in the Charlotte region

    New Urbanism has a long history in Charlotte. Attendees of CNU 31 can check out its impact next week.
    Note: CNU and Public Square are closed the week of June 5, following a successful CNU 31 in Charlotte. Something was in the air or water in Charlotte in the 1990s, or maybe it was moonshine from the North Carolina hills. But Charlotte was an early adopter of New Urbanism—much more so than most...Read more

  • Citywide forestry plan sets a New Urban standard

    ReLeaf Cedar Rapids is a plan to restore the Iowa city’s decimated tree canopy, with a focus on equity and placemaking. Speck & Associates and Confluence won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category.
    Note: CNU and Public Square are closed the week of June 5, following a successful CNU 31 in Charlotte. Trees are such a ubiquitous part of the urban landscape that their vital role is sometimes overlooked. Nearly every New Urbanist plan makes prominent use of them, and yet the word “tree” does not...Read more